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where is that coming from because i see china coming back a little, maybe europe's done going down, we seem to be a little bit stalled. somebody's building something around this world. >> i think it's a matter of jabil being very competitive in the markets we serve and having sufficient diversification so that if one part of our business, for instance networking on telecommunications may be going through a lull or slower period with government spending and bess spending, capital spending down, we have some other parts of our business that are doing extremely well. you mentioned some of the mechanics business we're involved in which we call our consumer technology business. that has nothing to do with electronics so we don't have to sell any electronic hardware for those businesses to perform well. parts of our business are a reflection of the economy and other parts of our business are growing very robustly. so i'm very hopeful for the balance of the year and, you know, i think the company is diversified enough to take advantage of whatever opportunities are out there. >> okay. i am so
where is that coming from because i see china coming back a little, maybe europe's done going down, we seem to be a little bit stalled. somebody's building something around this world. >> i think it's a matter of jabil being very competitive in the markets we serve and having sufficient diversification so that if one part of our business, for instance networking on telecommunications may be going through a lull or slower period with government spending and bess spending, capital spending...
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it's doing brutal in china and in terms of sales, they're used to double-digit gains in china. they saw double-digit negatives in china. so, the take away is, they're managing their business extremely well, despite weakness in china and north america is strong right now, so, if you believe in the thesis that the u.s. growth will be outstripping a lot of parts of the world, than nike looks pretty good right now. >> thank you for that, brian. and so some degree, we knew about the weakness in china, talked about inventories in china. >> we suffered the china weakness in the june quarter. that's where these guys -- they missed, they got destroyed that day and this is a company that has actually typically beat it over the last two years. but china is 11% of their sales. as much as it's exciting to talk about nike in china, this is not their holy grail. they still need to compete. the u.s. is 37% of sales. europe is 17% of sales. at 20 times earnings, these guys with 20% roe, these guys are worth owning here and 2% div. broke through 100, the stock actually looks like it's breaking o
it's doing brutal in china and in terms of sales, they're used to double-digit gains in china. they saw double-digit negatives in china. so, the take away is, they're managing their business extremely well, despite weakness in china and north america is strong right now, so, if you believe in the thesis that the u.s. growth will be outstripping a lot of parts of the world, than nike looks pretty good right now. >> thank you for that, brian. and so some degree, we knew about the weakness...
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. >> i've been reading kissinger's book on china, but he raises's broader question which is important. unfathomable as it is to americans there are parts of the world where they do not believe in alienable rights, right? they don't believe in human rights in the way that we do. >> exactly. and when we try to impose it on them they consider it a violation of their sovereignty. >> exactly. >> china feels that way often. russia, same thing. how far do we go in promoting human rights? the trade off that we'll get here. the law gets passed and human rights violators in russia can't come year and now 1,000 children don't come to the united states and people who want them don't get them. >> my personal view, no. they're glad to take our money and they've long had to put their money overseas, but they do not want human rights promotion and we've seen that inside russia and we've seen that against the crockdown on the internet and this is just the latest interaction of the series of things going back for more than a year against the political opposition and what they see is the u.s.-sponsored
. >> i've been reading kissinger's book on china, but he raises's broader question which is important. unfathomable as it is to americans there are parts of the world where they do not believe in alienable rights, right? they don't believe in human rights in the way that we do. >> exactly. and when we try to impose it on them they consider it a violation of their sovereignty. >> exactly. >> china feels that way often. russia, same thing. how far do we go in promoting...
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i mean, can we be tough or russia because they're less important to us than say, china or saudi arabia? >> i think the russians would like us to be tougher. what is quite interesting is that vladimir putin might have stepped out too far on this issue. there are 600,000 orphans in russia right now which is more than they had during the time of world war ii. now, oftentimes the russians and russian public opinion can be quite anti-american except in this case almost 40% of russians actually support the act which when you consider it it's not a majority, but coming from a country that's often anti-american and public opinion that's really significant. >> when putin was signing the thing he said, so what if the living standards in other countries are better than ours? so what? i don't care. should we all move there? he doesn't really care. >> well, actually what he's touching on is another debate, a demographic debate which he is very worried about that many russians, young russians are leaving the country. russia's population is in decline. what president obama should do is stick to his g
i mean, can we be tough or russia because they're less important to us than say, china or saudi arabia? >> i think the russians would like us to be tougher. what is quite interesting is that vladimir putin might have stepped out too far on this issue. there are 600,000 orphans in russia right now which is more than they had during the time of world war ii. now, oftentimes the russians and russian public opinion can be quite anti-american except in this case almost 40% of russians actually...
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this whole sector's had a nice rally on positive china data. so, i think the stock is just pulling back a little bit more than 2% today, but still in a bullish formation. >> and we have a drop here for presents. a drop for presents? tired of tube socks? sick of scarves? here's a problem that many people face. what do you do with the unwanted holiday gifts? more than 350 users have posted items on ebay with the heading unwanted christmas presents and with many rejected presents still wrapped, you can strike it rich on one of these unloved gifts. >> you just had to throw the inlaws in there, right? >> not like i have any experience. but i would imagine that might be difficult. >> that's the regifting move. i like it. >>> coming up next, call it the hottest trade on earth. why a plunging yen is creating big opportunities. >>> and later, the "twilight" movie saga grossing $3 billion for lionsgate. we find out what's next for the company as its stock soars. that's coming up next. ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. the lexus december to rem
this whole sector's had a nice rally on positive china data. so, i think the stock is just pulling back a little bit more than 2% today, but still in a bullish formation. >> and we have a drop here for presents. a drop for presents? tired of tube socks? sick of scarves? here's a problem that many people face. what do you do with the unwanted holiday gifts? more than 350 users have posted items on ebay with the heading unwanted christmas presents and with many rejected presents still...
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china is the second-largest economy in the world. and definitely not a fiscal cliff there. but today's activity i thought was amazing when you consider there's still so much left undone and as john just said, everything he said was tax, tax, tax. >> amazing like a head scratcher? >> yeah. i get the fact we had five straight down days and we were oversold. i don't think you get a solution that rallies this market 2% tomorrow, even if it's everything everybody wanted to hear. >> right, the fact of the matter is, they may agree on taxes but taxes across the board pretty much are going higher and there's still the debt limit issue and then the spending cuts issue. >> that's the thing. you nailed it. the debt ceiling conversation is going to be a weapon of force and it's something that's going to be hanging over this market. i heard nothing about entitlements. a house that wasn't even going to vote for boehner's plan b, which was $1 million in terms of the tax increases. i'm a little skeptical and i'm more worried about what happens from here. >> i think tim hit it right on the
china is the second-largest economy in the world. and definitely not a fiscal cliff there. but today's activity i thought was amazing when you consider there's still so much left undone and as john just said, everything he said was tax, tax, tax. >> amazing like a head scratcher? >> yeah. i get the fact we had five straight down days and we were oversold. i don't think you get a solution that rallies this market 2% tomorrow, even if it's everything everybody wanted to hear. >>...
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we closed down our manufacturing in china and relocated our manufacturing to the usa. for other companies to consider following our lead, they need to trust that our leaders in washington will actually lead. think outside the box. create incentive for businesses to invest in the u.s. economy. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 you should've seen me today. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 when the spx crossed above its 50-day moving average, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i saw the trend. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it looked really strong....
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i want to bring it to your attention, the issue is the fact that the food and safety authorities in china were testing chicken that was supplied to cfc restaurants for excessive antibiotics there. the finding by the shanghai food and drug administration is, of course, a blow to kfc's reputation in china. they are already experiencing a lot of competition there. the update on this story is that yum has since issued a statement saying that they are cooperating with the government's review of these two poultry suppliers, and as such they do not anticipate to see a shortage of product supply. as you can see from the chart, we were down about 4% from yum. >> all right, thank you so much. we are waiting on president obama's statement on the state of negotiations in washington. the president is meeting right now with majority leader harry reid. they're meeting now, and at 5:00 p.m. eastern we are told the president will make a statement, which we will carry live for you right here on cnbc. keep it here as we take you live to the white house with the president. coming up, my observation on what t
i want to bring it to your attention, the issue is the fact that the food and safety authorities in china were testing chicken that was supplied to cfc restaurants for excessive antibiotics there. the finding by the shanghai food and drug administration is, of course, a blow to kfc's reputation in china. they are already experiencing a lot of competition there. the update on this story is that yum has since issued a statement saying that they are cooperating with the government's review of...
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it's not in china play. no, they have a small percentage of their sales in china and some tourist business here so you can forget about that, but even if it were, china sales are down. >> and i think we're saying the same thing in essence. my belief is, look, they're coming after this consumer discretionary spending. they came after the luxury end. they came after coach. there's not much juice to squeeze out. on the other side of that that gives the potential for coach to rally. >> i'd rather go to nordstrom. i'd rather play the luxury end. >> why nordstrom? >> i'm not counting on coach and coeurs. the high end consumers, there are have i few places for them to go in terms of broad line. >> the high end consumer rolls over altogether both you guys lose? >> absolutely. what i'm saying is that you're going to lose less. in the luxury space i mentioned before tiffany, i think the benefit that you have with tiffany, this is another name that you could play, is you've got that exposure to the potential recovery i
it's not in china play. no, they have a small percentage of their sales in china and some tourist business here so you can forget about that, but even if it were, china sales are down. >> and i think we're saying the same thing in essence. my belief is, look, they're coming after this consumer discretionary spending. they came after the luxury end. they came after coach. there's not much juice to squeeze out. on the other side of that that gives the potential for coach to rally. >>...
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all of those things lead us to be believers in the china story. on europe we've been early and big believers in the draghi road map. yes they're in a mild recession. we think they come out of it in the second half. >> which is why i'm going more toward the second half. >> but the debt markets, the sovereign credit markets we think remain stable. and u.s. equities are more correlated to the spanish and italian bond yields than they are to european gdp. we likehe european influence next year. >> let's say your focus is more on the united states right? if you're buying stocks, you believe your thesis that we're going to get to 1550 at a minimum consumer discretionary is tops on your list the second best performing sector this year behind financials. you think that continues to work why? >> we've seen profit taking on the cliff but by the same token this is an area that has the most to gain if we get a cliff deal and that is our base case. we also like industrials. there we don't think the china recovery and the better tone in europe are fully priced.
all of those things lead us to be believers in the china story. on europe we've been early and big believers in the draghi road map. yes they're in a mild recession. we think they come out of it in the second half. >> which is why i'm going more toward the second half. >> but the debt markets, the sovereign credit markets we think remain stable. and u.s. equities are more correlated to the spanish and italian bond yields than they are to european gdp. we likehe european influence...
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industrial metals that got a boost as we saw rallies in asia on hopes that maybe this new regime in china is going to be spending more helping to prop up the property department there, housing, than might mean more demand for industrial metals. copper today, the standout in part because of that. also, a different note, the s.e.c. ahead of the holiday delayed a decision on the proposed etf, according to the "wall street journal," the etf would hold twice as much copper in terms of holdings compared to the jpmorgan holding approved on december 14th. >> i think 182,000 physical tons they could take off the market. we'll revisit it later. for a moment, thank you. bob pisani is joining me on the floor of the nyse. the big discussion is about retail and what the figures from mastercard tell us. >> i just want to point out that the dow industrials dropped in the middle of the day. there had been some concern the house leadership which is all coming back now did not send out a 48-hour notice to their membership requiring all the members to show up and vote, even though there's no fiscal cliff dea
industrial metals that got a boost as we saw rallies in asia on hopes that maybe this new regime in china is going to be spending more helping to prop up the property department there, housing, than might mean more demand for industrial metals. copper today, the standout in part because of that. also, a different note, the s.e.c. ahead of the holiday delayed a decision on the proposed etf, according to the "wall street journal," the etf would hold twice as much copper in terms of...
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they expand their presence in china. year to date. on a serious note, serious topic. smith and wes son, that stock moving higher again today. another $15 million buy back. there it is, $20 million buy back. maybe sadly we know that gun sales have, indeed, risen lately. the vix. the volatility index. measure of fear in the market, if you will, back above 20 for the first time since july 25th mandy. >> maybe it's about time. >>> in the meantime, commodities have had their ups and downs in 2012. will the roller coaster continue in 2013. we have some predictions. >> reporter: resources that come out of the ground hinge on everything from the weather to how easily it's found in nature. the worst drought in nearly 50 years sent agricultural commodities skyrocketing in the summer. wheat, soy beans, oats, and especially corn were some of the best performers in the market. in light of the devastation to many crops, farmers will ramp up plantings to record levels. and if weather patterns return to normal, then production will reach new highs and pressure grain prices along the
they expand their presence in china. year to date. on a serious note, serious topic. smith and wes son, that stock moving higher again today. another $15 million buy back. there it is, $20 million buy back. maybe sadly we know that gun sales have, indeed, risen lately. the vix. the volatility index. measure of fear in the market, if you will, back above 20 for the first time since july 25th mandy. >> maybe it's about time. >>> in the meantime, commodities have had their ups and...
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market relative to china. now roughly 60% of mexico's gross domestic product is in kansas city southern rail, and kansas city southern's mexico business grew auto volumes in an astounding 31% clip in the last quarter. who's got that kind of industrial growth? and the company expects growth to continue in that solid double digit range. what's more, kansas city southern currently serves nine auto plants in mexico, but nissan, honda, mazda and audie will be opening plants. crazy, huh? bmw. over the time frame, mexican auto production is expected to surge from 2.5 million vehicles a year to 3.5 million. i think that's low versus what will ultimately be. and kansas city southern think they will have 60% auto shares. kansas city southern should benefit from the auto rebuild that's needed in the wake of hurricane sandy. can't get this stuff to america fast enough. united states fast enough. thanks to the strength of the economy, the increasing volumes with declining costs. the gross margins are expanding, how much do
market relative to china. now roughly 60% of mexico's gross domestic product is in kansas city southern rail, and kansas city southern's mexico business grew auto volumes in an astounding 31% clip in the last quarter. who's got that kind of industrial growth? and the company expects growth to continue in that solid double digit range. what's more, kansas city southern currently serves nine auto plants in mexico, but nissan, honda, mazda and audie will be opening plants. crazy, huh? bmw. over...
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government is put on a negative watch by china? by china? the credit rating agency in china put them on the u.s. government debt on a negative rating at this point. negative watch. this, of course, was supposedly independent rating agency created in china to try to rival moody's and s&p and fitch's. that's getting interesting play out there. their independence, of course, greatly in question. guys, back to you. >> bob, get a lozenge, will you? >> sorry about that. >> let's head to the pits. good morning, rick. >> good morning, melissa lee. well, no surprise we're still hovering in the 170s in the ten-year. but maybe something interesting. you know, on the floor we call it the growth dividend. if you look at a chart for our ten-year starting on july 26th, and i pick july 26th because that was mario draghi's big day. he said anything it takes. as you look at our rates over that period, then look at the boon rates over that period. you can see that the growth/disparity, our yields are higher in that formation than boon yields, because even thou
government is put on a negative watch by china? by china? the credit rating agency in china put them on the u.s. government debt on a negative rating at this point. negative watch. this, of course, was supposedly independent rating agency created in china to try to rival moody's and s&p and fitch's. that's getting interesting play out there. their independence, of course, greatly in question. guys, back to you. >> bob, get a lozenge, will you? >> sorry about that. >> let's...
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but you are seeing on the high end, particularly the ones that are exposed to asia, to china, like a tiffany's, those are definitely had some issues and i think they may continue to have issues. >> the one that i just look at all the time, just want to shoot myself, kors. they have done a fantastic job. i sold it early and couldn't jump back in. >> the price is really interesting. all these names that we just mentioned. in a market today, when we were up, almost a percent after the fed meeting, tiffany's, coach, underarmour, some of the kind of higher end consumer names were acting very poorly and a lot of them have acted really contrary to the way the market has in the recent run since mid-november. to me, kind of telling you something. also on a day, we talked about it earlier, walmart, dollar gen yesterday, target are breaking down. retail is hitting a wall here and it may be because q-4 is as good as it gets. >> let's get another aspect. mike, you're watching shares of delta. bullish activity here. >> yeah, it was interesting. we saw big spread trade actually, someone looked like
but you are seeing on the high end, particularly the ones that are exposed to asia, to china, like a tiffany's, those are definitely had some issues and i think they may continue to have issues. >> the one that i just look at all the time, just want to shoot myself, kors. they have done a fantastic job. i sold it early and couldn't jump back in. >> the price is really interesting. all these names that we just mentioned. in a market today, when we were up, almost a percent after the...
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you mentioned the copper, the china plays. the comments. the caterpillars of the world. >> remember when ets, used to buy the actual commodity, i don't know how much, but i do see there's a lot of things that tell me that it indicates maybe we reverse. i don't like big up monday openings. i feel like they often tend to fool people. the empire was not good. it's mixed here. it's just definitively mixed. we're thirsty for those earnings. oracle could be big. ge analysts' meetings could be big. >> it is expected to give guidance for 2013. there's a 2:00 p.m. eastern time conference call, i believe, associated with that. so we may be learning some things in terms of at least our expectations next year from ge. increased its dividend last week, that not that long ago during the financial crisis was cut. rather substantially. over the last year, ge capital has begun paying a dividend yet again to its parent ge. and so it will be interesting to hear. we should point out ge still owns 49% as well as universal. >> ge made a major move. into oil and
you mentioned the copper, the china plays. the comments. the caterpillars of the world. >> remember when ets, used to buy the actual commodity, i don't know how much, but i do see there's a lot of things that tell me that it indicates maybe we reverse. i don't like big up monday openings. i feel like they often tend to fool people. the empire was not good. it's mixed here. it's just definitively mixed. we're thirsty for those earnings. oracle could be big. ge analysts' meetings could be...
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china not as bad as we though, u.s. very strong. so nike, if it goes back to 97, it means we're going to have a real bad couple of days in my view. look at red hat. red hat is a technology company that is deeply involved in the cloud. they, too, had a better than expected number, as did oracle in the cloud. so these are my two tales for the trading today, david. if you pick the best of the best and they go down, you'll really have a couple of -- >> when it comes to the so-called cloud play and the use of it in the competition here, is that one of the key names? >> yes, it allows you to manage cloud in a cheap -- an anti-microsoft business. their partner is sales force.com. i'm really using these as tells. in other words, these are the ones where there's natural buyers. as we just found out how good things are. it wasn't like we found out a month ago. we just found out last night. if they have resilience, the market is going to be more resilient than people think. if they give up the ghost, i think next week's going to be difficult,
china not as bad as we though, u.s. very strong. so nike, if it goes back to 97, it means we're going to have a real bad couple of days in my view. look at red hat. red hat is a technology company that is deeply involved in the cloud. they, too, had a better than expected number, as did oracle in the cloud. so these are my two tales for the trading today, david. if you pick the best of the best and they go down, you'll really have a couple of -- >> when it comes to the so-called cloud...
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i know the average income in china, 3500 to 4,000 u.s. dollars and the average home in beijing trades at 100 times income, that makes me a little nervous. you know more about asia than i do. >> when you get those average income numbers, that's encompassing a very vast country. when you look at the house prices on the eastern seaboard, places like shanghai and beijing, it's a small sliver obviously of that. it's not really apples and apples. it's apples and oranges. i don't know how to say that in chinese. i'm sure there's a fantastic saying to say it's not apples and apples. >> apparently our predictions are happening. the dow is coming back. i'm kidding. >> we're still down. we're back above 13,000. there you go. >> comeback. >> on the way to a record high. >> come back ten points, but it clearly is my prediction on a good dow next year. that can be the only reason. >> soak it up, baby. soak it up. >> yeah, right. >> come it up. i'm staying good-bye here. imheading off to the closing bell. up next what the fiscal cliff could mean for mom
i know the average income in china, 3500 to 4,000 u.s. dollars and the average home in beijing trades at 100 times income, that makes me a little nervous. you know more about asia than i do. >> when you get those average income numbers, that's encompassing a very vast country. when you look at the house prices on the eastern seaboard, places like shanghai and beijing, it's a small sliver obviously of that. it's not really apples and apples. it's apples and oranges. i don't know how to say...
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so you have china engineering a soft landing and starting to recover. you have europe away from the brink. greece got upgraded today. who would have thought it. that is what the market is looking at. saying okay. it is not going to be the worst kcase sharcenario, but you coul extend the middle class tax cuts and be done with it. it is in a recession. >> and i think the market would not like that very much. everybody is expecting that you get the middle class tax cuts done. >> and if you can get china and europe doing better. it is hard to be terribly bearish on the u.s. >> y are going to stay with our politico expert. this is a rally that has surprised experts. it hasn't been that easy to be optimistic. >> it is. i think you have to be cautious here. the probability that this could fall apart is very, very real. >> so, you have to be careful up at these levels as a trader. i have low exposure up here. i have protection. that is how you have to play this market. stay with us please. >> yesterday it looked like washington was inching towards a deal. but t
so you have china engineering a soft landing and starting to recover. you have europe away from the brink. greece got upgraded today. who would have thought it. that is what the market is looking at. saying okay. it is not going to be the worst kcase sharcenario, but you coul extend the middle class tax cuts and be done with it. it is in a recession. >> and i think the market would not like that very much. everybody is expecting that you get the middle class tax cuts done. >> and if...
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when we look at the tax policies of japan, china, brazil, other people we're competing for in a global economy we need to keep those rates low. keeping the rates low encourages businesses to commit long-term capital signatures, grow jobs, and grow personal income. >> i know you're a, you know, i know you're a giver, give, give, give. all you're worried about are your investors. what about southern company? why are you so on the dividends -- how does it affect southern company what happens with dividends and capital gains? >> well, it impacts southern as it impacts every other company in our industry. you know, when you think about the electric utility industry, we are a low beta kind of industry. we are low risk and typically we have a relatively attractive dividend yield. the general formation of return to investors is about 50% dividend yield and about 50% growth and earnings per share. so it's critically important for our industry which interestingly is one of the great contributors to employment growth and variety of other things. we spend about $90 billion a year in cap-ex restori
when we look at the tax policies of japan, china, brazil, other people we're competing for in a global economy we need to keep those rates low. keeping the rates low encourages businesses to commit long-term capital signatures, grow jobs, and grow personal income. >> i know you're a, you know, i know you're a giver, give, give, give. all you're worried about are your investors. what about southern company? why are you so on the dividends -- how does it affect southern company what happens...
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recession, they were saying, china hard landing. so when some of these things didn't happen, all we needed last year, this year, was less bad in the market. i think in 2013, we're going to need to see better economic growth as the year moves forward. because, as you say, the market is reasonably valued. but it's not cheap. and i think to jason's earlier point, there are some stocks out there that are very, very attractive. but there are some stocks that look fairly expensive, and those are the ones that are the defensive, and high-income plays today. >> chris, everyone's waiting for this asset allocation shift away from fixed income, towards equities. the retail investor, for whatever reason, for a variety of reasons that we can all list, i guess, has just been very hesitant to do that. when does that happen? and does that happen in 2013? >> well, you would think it should, given where we have a start in yields, especially on treasuries. but almost across the board in fixed income the starting yields are very unattractive depending
recession, they were saying, china hard landing. so when some of these things didn't happen, all we needed last year, this year, was less bad in the market. i think in 2013, we're going to need to see better economic growth as the year moves forward. because, as you say, the market is reasonably valued. but it's not cheap. and i think to jason's earlier point, there are some stocks out there that are very, very attractive. but there are some stocks that look fairly expensive, and those are the...
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china pmi rising to 51.5. and that is a result of manufacturing in china in a year and a half. the shanghai index ended the day about 1.6% higher, highest close since june 20th. it has been a nice run that we've seen also in china to our point before. it's been up 16% since its four-year low in december. >> for the year the index is up 3% right now. for those who missed it, this will be the first annual gain in, i believe, three years' time. this has not been a positive stock market, despite the economy growing 7%, 8%, 9% or so. as the chinese president said this morning, there will be policies put in place to support growth. and whatever nervousness in the transition is going to fade and policymakers can get more involved. >> we've seen this play out in the metal stakes. the best fourth quarter in two years, up 56%. iron ore prices. that's a real lead on demand. and especially as the chinese government makes all these nods toward urbanization plans and the need to update and invest in infrastructure. these are the areas where you want to be. >> yeah. also ties into what clearl
china pmi rising to 51.5. and that is a result of manufacturing in china in a year and a half. the shanghai index ended the day about 1.6% higher, highest close since june 20th. it has been a nice run that we've seen also in china to our point before. it's been up 16% since its four-year low in december. >> for the year the index is up 3% right now. for those who missed it, this will be the first annual gain in, i believe, three years' time. this has not been a positive stock market,...
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a lot of that from china. the basic issue is this. there are container royalty fees which supplement wages. the employers want the amount capped. the dock workers do not. this is such a big deal florida governor rick scott sent a three-page letter to the president late last week urging him to intervene, quote, the predicted effects of a strike on the state of florida would be devastating. it currently generated 550 direct and indirect jobs in florida and contributes approximately $66 billion in economic value to florida's economy. governor scott invoked the taft-hartley act that says the president can intervene with labor disputes that, quote, imperil the national health or safety, end quote. the u.s. mx said the stoppage in the west coast a decade ago cost the economy about $1 billion a day. reportedly the unions offered to extend the contract through january was rejected. if there's a strike, the union says clothing, frozen foods and household goods would not move. but mail, military cargo and some perishables may go through. the la
a lot of that from china. the basic issue is this. there are container royalty fees which supplement wages. the employers want the amount capped. the dock workers do not. this is such a big deal florida governor rick scott sent a three-page letter to the president late last week urging him to intervene, quote, the predicted effects of a strike on the state of florida would be devastating. it currently generated 550 direct and indirect jobs in florida and contributes approximately $66 billion in...
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and among the catalyst here, signs that china's recovery is gaining traction. sources say that the bank of japan will ease monetary policy this week and consider adopting a 2% inflation target no later than january. policymakers are seen responding to pressure from the incoming prime minister there. shinzo abe for stronger efforts to beat deflation. in the meantime, india's central bank kept interest rates on hold yesterday ignoring pressure to reduce borrowing costs. policymakers said they were shifting the focus to reducing the economy and that raises the odds of a rate cut as early as january. andrew olson, over to you. >> ubs reportedly nearing a fine of up to $1.5 billion. the bank is close to finalizing a deal with regulators according to the financial times. about three dozen bankers and senior managers are said to face criminal or civil charges. >>> and it's official this morning, tend of an era for aig. details emerged during squawk yesterday. today, the u.s. insurer rates $6.5 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in aia group. and boeing is ra
and among the catalyst here, signs that china's recovery is gaining traction. sources say that the bank of japan will ease monetary policy this week and consider adopting a 2% inflation target no later than january. policymakers are seen responding to pressure from the incoming prime minister there. shinzo abe for stronger efforts to beat deflation. in the meantime, india's central bank kept interest rates on hold yesterday ignoring pressure to reduce borrowing costs. policymakers said they...
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the world bank sees china expanding by 8.4% next year. it's expecting that it will be fueled by fiscal stimulus and the faster implementation of large investment projects. today's forecast is higher than an earlier one that was sited in a world bank report in october. 8.4%, not bad both if you can get it. >>> speaking of china, the united states is moving forward with plans to slap steep anti-dumping duties on wind turbine towers that are imported from china at prices that are deemed unfairly low. the news from the commerce department comes as u.s. officials welcomed a high-level chinese delegation for trade and economic talks. the u.s. trade panel has final approval over the duties and is expected to vote on the case in late january. >>> in corporate news, ubs hit with a $1.5 million fine today. that will add up, a few more of those. the swiss bank admitting to fraud, it paying bribes to brokers. and pervasive, they call it manipulation of libor by dozens of staff. the penalty was agreed to with u.s., u.k., and swiss regulators. it is mo
the world bank sees china expanding by 8.4% next year. it's expecting that it will be fueled by fiscal stimulus and the faster implementation of large investment projects. today's forecast is higher than an earlier one that was sited in a world bank report in october. 8.4%, not bad both if you can get it. >>> speaking of china, the united states is moving forward with plans to slap steep anti-dumping duties on wind turbine towers that are imported from china at prices that are deemed...
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we know china's economy is on the mend. that's good news for mgm china. they have one resort right now but back in october mgm got permission to build a hotel and casino on the strip which is a huge new development of macau. it will take years to get this up and running. most don't expect it to open until 2016 or 2017 but gives mgm growth down the road. growth guys love that stuff. mgm popped off lows. not caught the bottom here. if you wait for fiscal cliff related pullback, you probably will do better and you know they'll give us a couple. in this uncertain environment there's nothing better than a good old fashioned turnaround story. a three headed turnaround. clean up the balance sheet, vegas is improving, china is growing too. bet on mgm when the fiscal cliff looms next strike and this as well as all other stocks get hammered. craig in my home state of new jersey. craig? >> caller: how are you doing? >> what's going on, partner? >> caller: calling about expedia. how you feel about that? >> i feel really good about that. i follow this closely. expedia
we know china's economy is on the mend. that's good news for mgm china. they have one resort right now but back in october mgm got permission to build a hotel and casino on the strip which is a huge new development of macau. it will take years to get this up and running. most don't expect it to open until 2016 or 2017 but gives mgm growth down the road. growth guys love that stuff. mgm popped off lows. not caught the bottom here. if you wait for fiscal cliff related pullback, you probably will...
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china's m.o. is this. they basically buy american companies, strip them of technology and ship the jobs to china. case in point would be brantley helicopter. used to be in texas. 2009 china buys it. now all the production facilities are in jindao. this is the problem. the promise to keep the plant going. now a-123 is interesting. they have cutting edge technology which will be exported to china. that's the bigger issue. one company at a time, larry, is going over to china, helping to build their industrial base. and the other thing -- >> hang on a second. this is an important point. ann lee, i'd like to get something from this. okay? if the u.s. foreign investment advisory board okays the deal, fine. but they counterfeit our goods. the chinese have a lot to answer for. shouldn't we make a deal? we let them buy the company but we should make a deal and they should somehow stop all the pirating of our technology? >> i think the chinese government is already trying to crack down on counterfeiting and other th
china's m.o. is this. they basically buy american companies, strip them of technology and ship the jobs to china. case in point would be brantley helicopter. used to be in texas. 2009 china buys it. now all the production facilities are in jindao. this is the problem. the promise to keep the plant going. now a-123 is interesting. they have cutting edge technology which will be exported to china. that's the bigger issue. one company at a time, larry, is going over to china, helping to build...
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we didn't talk about china at all. china is evidencing, from every angle, a soft landing. >> well, they're not talking about doing any additional big stimulus package? >> they probably don't need to. so we're that going to get acceleration on the other side but we're not going to have this fall, and where is this going to stop? if you have china, okay. the u.s. a little better. europe less bad. it's going to be an okay economic -- >> you get everything you want, fiscal cliffwise and we actually start tackling some of these long-term issues, you know diffident taxes are heading up. what -- is the market spring loaded so that if we get what we want it will be a really solid advance that we get? >> solid, look, joe, and in a muddle through economy solid is only a mid teen number. we're not going to get 30% gain. >> put the two years together we could have 30, if we get some of the things -- >> we had three straight years at 30. >> that was a different world. earnings were higher. they're flagging a bit now. >> if everybod
we didn't talk about china at all. china is evidencing, from every angle, a soft landing. >> well, they're not talking about doing any additional big stimulus package? >> they probably don't need to. so we're that going to get acceleration on the other side but we're not going to have this fall, and where is this going to stop? if you have china, okay. the u.s. a little better. europe less bad. it's going to be an okay economic -- >> you get everything you want, fiscal...
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you've been to china a lot in recent week. we keep trying to make sense of the data that comes in from china overnight. some of the industrial production numbers. >> remember, we have 16 businesses in china. i spent a lot of my time over there and we've got a great asian presence overall. so what are we seeing? one, exports are slowing and dramatic to europe. that's a structural fen phenomena. the second major market is real estate and my assumption is that they don't want real estate to go up too much and they can't have it go down too much because it will hurt the bank. so we're in a holding pattern. they are looking to liberalize the overall economy. you've seen the stock market rally. that's based on the assumption that growth is stabilizing and, more importantly, i think the new administration is going to try to do liberalize and the message is, don't expect us to lower rates to try to reduce growth. that's what they did in the past that created bubbles and issues. i think what they are going to try to quietly do is stabi
you've been to china a lot in recent week. we keep trying to make sense of the data that comes in from china overnight. some of the industrial production numbers. >> remember, we have 16 businesses in china. i spent a lot of my time over there and we've got a great asian presence overall. so what are we seeing? one, exports are slowing and dramatic to europe. that's a structural fen phenomena. the second major market is real estate and my assumption is that they don't want real estate to...
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and china, they played hard ball in china. anybody who has played hardball in china has not succeeded. like google. first amendment, you know, tiananmen square. what's the first amendment in china, i don't think it's free speech. >> i don't think so. >> interstate commerce is as powerful as anything. >> tear down a neighborhood at any moment. >> another $156 million shares eligible for social, the social network rallied after last month's expiration and shares up 25% since the middle of november. november 14th, we went into it thinking we'd get hurt. it ended up 12.6% that day, up 250. >> it did decline prior to that, in anticipation of the expiration. >> after a big run. it's got to digest. again, this is an interest per share situation. things are done at facebook that would justify the stock going higher. the short base was gigantic. do you sense a big run? >> i think the dynamic did change after the last quarter. and the discussion you talked about, we talked about it a great deal, what the trends really appeared to be in
and china, they played hard ball in china. anybody who has played hardball in china has not succeeded. like google. first amendment, you know, tiananmen square. what's the first amendment in china, i don't think it's free speech. >> i don't think so. >> interstate commerce is as powerful as anything. >> tear down a neighborhood at any moment. >> another $156 million shares eligible for social, the social network rallied after last month's expiration and shares up 25%...
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a year ago all the wise guys were telling us to avoid china because it was a house of cards. the course only grew more uniform with the chinese market falling to multiyear lows. but in the last few weeks, china's economy bottomed during the summer as they were focused way too much on beating inflation. now it's become the best performer in the world, and i don't think you've missed the move which is why my trust has been buying an etf that mimics china. finally there's apple. we've become addicted to apple. we are deeply focused on its decline which continued in the a.m. today, taking out $500 right before the opening, while it rallied with the rest of the market into the bell. i'm sure some people feel it's now washed out. i for one welcome the shakeout. apple had become the only stock that people talked about, a sure sign it was overheated. the summer soldiers, the sunshine patriots, they're now headed for the hills. aided by analysts who can't take the pain and are anxious to distance themselves from a stock that they perceive to be a loser so they cut the price targets an
a year ago all the wise guys were telling us to avoid china because it was a house of cards. the course only grew more uniform with the chinese market falling to multiyear lows. but in the last few weeks, china's economy bottomed during the summer as they were focused way too much on beating inflation. now it's become the best performer in the world, and i don't think you've missed the move which is why my trust has been buying an etf that mimics china. finally there's apple. we've become...
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you can't get your hands on guns in china but it's happening with knives and axes in schools. there's not really much you can do. columbine had an armed guard. virginia tech has an armed police presence. it's not the answer. i think it's just identifying these people and somehow stepping in before this happens. >> blake, let me ask you this -- mark opens the door about security and armed guards and so forth. my sister-in-law, bless her, down in virginia beach, is a schoolteacher. she called my wife this afternoon to relay a story about security in some of the inner city schools in that area. let me read you what she said. somebody comes into the school, they have to get buzzed in. this guy got buzzed in. we don't know yet why, how, when and where. but he got buzzed in. the buzzer goes off and sets an alert. follow me on this. somebody buzzes in. maybe they go through a window. teachers start a drill. the kids are put into a corner. listen to this. shades are pulled down, lights are then flicked off to leave the impression to a potential killer that nobody's in the classroom. n
you can't get your hands on guns in china but it's happening with knives and axes in schools. there's not really much you can do. columbine had an armed guard. virginia tech has an armed police presence. it's not the answer. i think it's just identifying these people and somehow stepping in before this happens. >> blake, let me ask you this -- mark opens the door about security and armed guards and so forth. my sister-in-law, bless her, down in virginia beach, is a schoolteacher. she...
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china's got this fledgling recovery going. if you look at the trade numbers, they're extremely weak into the european bloc. they're okay into the u.s. bloc. but u.s. demand deteriorates, then there's no chinese recovery. and then the bid for commodities and all the demand related to that gets -- >> right. you said it, barry, because it's been signaling that in the currency market because the aussie dollar which is the proxy for the risk trade for asia has been very weak relative to the eu euro. that's signaling the market is very concerned about that going forward. >> copper, as well, i think is another indicator. >> you know, roger, i hear all of this, and you're somebody who knows what happens behind the scenes in washington. you know how these thingsz work. when you see how this is setting up at this point, what do you really see as the most likely scenario between now and the end of the year and then into january? >> first of all, i don't think anybody wins if we go over the fiscal cliff. i don't. i doubt we would stay ove
china's got this fledgling recovery going. if you look at the trade numbers, they're extremely weak into the european bloc. they're okay into the u.s. bloc. but u.s. demand deteriorates, then there's no chinese recovery. and then the bid for commodities and all the demand related to that gets -- >> right. you said it, barry, because it's been signaling that in the currency market because the aussie dollar which is the proxy for the risk trade for asia has been very weak relative to the eu...
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china confirms talks with apple. but the problem here, he says tech is not an issue, it's mainly about the business model and benefit sharing issues. that could be a problem. >> he is also playing the part of what many analysts are doing, which is let me explain why it's going down, in the same way that the death cross, i always love the death cross, this is a technical term. i can think of a million reasons to sell it. the only reason i want to own it is because it makes the best products in the world and it's inexpensive. >> that's a lot of people looking at the chart. >> look again, the people who own apple, they were the ones who owned it because it was going up. it reminds me very much in 1999, what do i do with my nortel, it's at 110. in the meantime, roth, the ceo gives a session, an off the record session, or a session where he bashed 15 people. and said you know what? we're going to miss the numbers really big. apple is not nortel, but it trades like those that do and people get into the rut of saying i got
china confirms talks with apple. but the problem here, he says tech is not an issue, it's mainly about the business model and benefit sharing issues. that could be a problem. >> he is also playing the part of what many analysts are doing, which is let me explain why it's going down, in the same way that the death cross, i always love the death cross, this is a technical term. i can think of a million reasons to sell it. the only reason i want to own it is because it makes the best...
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>> what you heard out of china, a government official in china said last month, he was quoted until saying, if we continue bi bailing these companies out in china, it's giving a patient poison to quench their thirst. you had a bailout of sun tech, a bailout of another chinese company and you've had multiple bailouts since then. you have massive oversupply in this market. you need companies to go out of business. what china is doing, they are coming in and bachling them out. thus this capacity that needs to be reduced is continuing to grow. so, we think capacity in china is going to row. you have much more supply than the demand. we continue to see price pressure. >> gordon, one of your competitors, i think tend of november, has a $50 price target on the stock. mentioned their cash flow. i'm not asking you to talk about their call but can you talk about their cash flow? do they have a healthy situation? >> that's a good point. where the projects they have, they will have the cash. but once the projects are over, if you look at first solar's earnings over the past four quarters, quarters whe
>> what you heard out of china, a government official in china said last month, he was quoted until saying, if we continue bi bailing these companies out in china, it's giving a patient poison to quench their thirst. you had a bailout of sun tech, a bailout of another chinese company and you've had multiple bailouts since then. you have massive oversupply in this market. you need companies to go out of business. what china is doing, they are coming in and bachling them out. thus this...
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china ma and japan. and i think you can start to nibble a little on china and japan, as well. >> michael, is there an argument to be made that you don't want to touch stocks right now until you have some clarity on this fiscal cliff? just in case we see a big sell-off? >> there is, but i'll argue, too, that you're talking about $600 billion being sucked out of the economy next year. the s&p made $20 trillion. while we are looking at the fiscal cliff countdown, there is another countdown to new all-year highs when the dow is close to the prior peak around 600% from here. investors should be looking overseas. you want to look where there is no fiscal cliff equivalent, primarily in emerging markets. but nonpartisan analysts have pointed out that if we go over the cliff and take that $600 billion with it, we go back to recession. how do you justify going into stocks and going into all-time highs if we go back to recession? >> that assumes all else being equal, the problem is you look at europe, it's recoveri
china ma and japan. and i think you can start to nibble a little on china and japan, as well. >> michael, is there an argument to be made that you don't want to touch stocks right now until you have some clarity on this fiscal cliff? just in case we see a big sell-off? >> there is, but i'll argue, too, that you're talking about $600 billion being sucked out of the economy next year. the s&p made $20 trillion. while we are looking at the fiscal cliff countdown, there is another...
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their user base is highly mobile in china. these guys have to prove to people they can compete in the same space that google is trying to but they dominant. they don't have any competitors out there and this s.e.c. investigation into the chinese internet names is overdone. this is a great place on the chart. momentum is with you. >> pete, you're going to tim's girl, actually. >> tim's old girl. everybody's hated nokia. this stock was underneath $2 a share. i think this thing is fascinating. the 920 phone and the fact they actually have a contract with china mobile. 700 million subscribers, more than that. this company with the windows 8, i think there's a lot of different catalysts out there. we saw you unusual activity in this name. it was trading around $2. today, $4 a share. i think nokia's not going to beat up on apple, but if you want performance, that's the name to be in. >> gain market share at apple's expense? >> i think they can gain some market share. i don't know if it's at apple's expense, htc, whoever it is going
their user base is highly mobile in china. these guys have to prove to people they can compete in the same space that google is trying to but they dominant. they don't have any competitors out there and this s.e.c. investigation into the chinese internet names is overdone. this is a great place on the chart. momentum is with you. >> pete, you're going to tim's girl, actually. >> tim's old girl. everybody's hated nokia. this stock was underneath $2 a share. i think this thing is...
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because i think that the analogy i made in terms of china, everybody is mad at china for selling our movies and music, but yet for an individual, you don't have that kind of right. you own the picture, you took it. >> intellectual property. >> facebook owns instagram. do you think this was a shocker? >> i know those guys, they're really intelligent, they typically try to do things the right way and this one apparently got a little away from them. >> we were talking for a long time, we have been talking for a lock time about retailers going out of business bought of dot comes. what's new here? >> the share of retail done by the online players just keeps expanding in the key categories. basically everything other than what you consume, grocery and drug, is the online guys are getting more and more share. the retail pie is only so big. online guys extend their share of the pie, the part left for the physical guys, it shrinks and they've got such high fixed cost structures that they can't survive that. and so, the logical implication for a lot of these really historically successful reta
because i think that the analogy i made in terms of china, everybody is mad at china for selling our movies and music, but yet for an individual, you don't have that kind of right. you own the picture, you took it. >> intellectual property. >> facebook owns instagram. do you think this was a shocker? >> i know those guys, they're really intelligent, they typically try to do things the right way and this one apparently got a little away from them. >> we were talking for a...
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how good is china? how weak is china. don't worry about it. unit growth coming back. china will follow in terms of same store. the market disagrees. i think the stock is very cheap. it's show me. until we see an inflection point in china, right now people feel like it's gone like this. be careful. yum. >> there are some lonely bulls out there on yum even at these levels. >> i happen to think that the united states could turn. i like the ceo. he's always reacted to whatever is bad. i don't want to write-off yum. i feel like this was so devastating. i got to see something positive before i can come on this show and say buy it. >> how about wsm? >> here's a terrific report. they say the growth story is unappreciated. william sonoma next week pier 1 reports next week restoration hardwa hardware. everything in the house is doing better. possible sandy story. possible employment story. where would those employment numbers be had it not been for sandy? business is real good for ll. no one wants to say our business is great because of sandy because of the loss of life and the
how good is china? how weak is china. don't worry about it. unit growth coming back. china will follow in terms of same store. the market disagrees. i think the stock is very cheap. it's show me. until we see an inflection point in china, right now people feel like it's gone like this. be careful. yum. >> there are some lonely bulls out there on yum even at these levels. >> i happen to think that the united states could turn. i like the ceo. he's always reacted to whatever is bad. i...
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opened 30 new stores in china. and there is a universality in gap that will resonate over there. and the results were pretty darn good. the company delivering 6% increase in same-store sales. driven by strength. and i think the strength is going to continue. in fact, i bet things get better in the first half of the year. why? how about the raw cost issue. high cost cotton, a big headwind for gap. the price of cotton declined dramatically and the company will lap double digit cotton price increases. cotton is a huge cost for gap. more so than any -- more so than most retailers. the savings from lower cotton prices represent a tailwind for the company. what we discovered with dollar general if gross margins are expanding, people like you, even if margins aren't as strong as we were true. gap sells 9% long term growth rate. buy the stock here and buy more if it goes lower as we approach the ugh-ugh. that's the new thing for fiscal cliff. two lines. anyway, gap is not getting credit it deserves. the recent pullback is a terrific buying opportunity, one you don't want to miss, at leas
opened 30 new stores in china. and there is a universality in gap that will resonate over there. and the results were pretty darn good. the company delivering 6% increase in same-store sales. driven by strength. and i think the strength is going to continue. in fact, i bet things get better in the first half of the year. why? how about the raw cost issue. high cost cotton, a big headwind for gap. the price of cotton declined dramatically and the company will lap double digit cotton price...
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retail stocks that have exposure in china such as tiffany. >> i'm not a big fan of tiffany. that stock has been a very, very difficult stock. i do think that you want to look at pvh because of the warm weather in america, but after they bought calvin klein, that's the one i think you ought to look at. let it come in, warm weather is going to cause everybody to have jitters. i wish we could forget about politics. i'd love to discuss decker's or coach. until we get a deal, it's bad news for the market. even for cheap stock like apple. "mad money" will be right back. >>> high on biotech. medical innovations continue to help us. tonight, two companies with breakthrough products that are leading the charge. cramer is talking to the ceos of immunogen and seattle genetics, just ahead. and later, reenergized. pipelines, they're america's energy toll road and can provide investors with a secure source of dividends, but his investment in north dakota's oil rich bakken shale continues, cramer's looking for companies that are ready to expand. don't miss the ceo of enbridge energy. all c
retail stocks that have exposure in china such as tiffany. >> i'm not a big fan of tiffany. that stock has been a very, very difficult stock. i do think that you want to look at pvh because of the warm weather in america, but after they bought calvin klein, that's the one i think you ought to look at. let it come in, warm weather is going to cause everybody to have jitters. i wish we could forget about politics. i'd love to discuss decker's or coach. until we get a deal, it's bad news for...
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china coming back. gm rationalizing europe. >> gm europe, when you say a couple quarters behind ford, are you saying progress in the quarterly financials? >> committed to rationalizing europe. >> again, a larger theme of excess capitalization at u.s. corporations, and the fact that so much money is sitting on balance sheets doing nothing. >> did you read oracle? how much money do they have. they bought back 10 billion worth of stock. these companies, you read through their stories, and you say, not only did they not extend themselves during this downturn, they conserved a lot of cash. by the way, humans did, too, in america. have you seen the numbers that the federal reserve put out last night about how much money is being -- how little debt is being taken down by citizens. we're back to levels of the '90s. federal household debt service came out last night. the percentage of disposable income is 14%, down to 10%. that's 1994 levels. >> that's a big part of morgan stanley's call on citi today. from over
china coming back. gm rationalizing europe. >> gm europe, when you say a couple quarters behind ford, are you saying progress in the quarterly financials? >> committed to rationalizing europe. >> again, a larger theme of excess capitalization at u.s. corporations, and the fact that so much money is sitting on balance sheets doing nothing. >> did you read oracle? how much money do they have. they bought back 10 billion worth of stock. these companies, you read through...
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kfc in china. that's the growth in their, i think isn't yum bigger than mcdonald's in terms of total number? >> yeah. >> i think subway is, too. research -- >> they don't even call it kentucky tried anymore. >> kfc. >> and it's really chicken. >> that's uncalled for. what do you think it is, cat? that is uncalled for. >> this is all i'll say. >> tastes like chicken. >> yes, it's chicken! if david novak -- >> taco bell. >> yeah, taco bell. >> is that really meat? is that your next -- >> no. all right. the restaurant -- research in motion, rim shares coming off a seven-month high on news that the u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement agent are going to use the blackberry 10 on a trial basis. that is on news, did you see this, that the agency is going to ditch the iphone in favor -- >> okay, so why? >> i don't know. i just want to say, so blackberry was one of the sponsors of the thing yesterday, at the dealbook conference and they showed off the blackberry 10. >> kel me about it. >> they have one
kfc in china. that's the growth in their, i think isn't yum bigger than mcdonald's in terms of total number? >> yeah. >> i think subway is, too. research -- >> they don't even call it kentucky tried anymore. >> kfc. >> and it's really chicken. >> that's uncalled for. what do you think it is, cat? that is uncalled for. >> this is all i'll say. >> tastes like chicken. >> yes, it's chicken! if david novak -- >> taco bell. >> yeah,...
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we closed down our manufacturing in china and relocated it in the usa. for other companies to follow our lead, they need to trust our leaders in washington will actually lead. think outside the box, great incentive for businesses to invest in the u.s. economy. we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> financials have been on fire for most of 2012. but interest rates and regulation are still putting some profit margins under pressu pressure. here's what's in store for 2013. >> reporter: after a year's lo
we closed down our manufacturing in china and relocated it in the usa. for other companies to follow our lead, they need to trust our leaders in washington will actually lead. think outside the box, great incentive for businesses to invest in the u.s. economy. we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [...
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margin ways, specifically india and china. you have large dividend yield, low debt, very cheap and will hold up better because expectations, there's not many of them. the stock is, i think, a very good opportunity because expectations are so low. >> mack, good to see you. >>> time now for what you might have missed in pops and drops. arcos dorados. >> it's playing it down low. it isn't that great a move. i think you wait to buy it above the 50, $12.90, great stock. >>> baker hughes, up 3%. >> some negative comments, took bhi down and the comments at bhi were not really as negative as the street thought. at $42 a little room on the upside. will take you higher. >> abercrombie. >> too expensive for me. can't get on board here. >> down 1%. >> keep your eyes on your fries. this thing is a big deal. a lot of people in bonds, a lot of flow into bonds. they could head out. i think you see follow through and cut our fixed exposure to 2%. >> mike. >> today, there was news the eu might require larger warning labels on cigarettes, negati
margin ways, specifically india and china. you have large dividend yield, low debt, very cheap and will hold up better because expectations, there's not many of them. the stock is, i think, a very good opportunity because expectations are so low. >> mack, good to see you. >>> time now for what you might have missed in pops and drops. arcos dorados. >> it's playing it down low. it isn't that great a move. i think you wait to buy it above the 50, $12.90, great stock....
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china. not bad. 50.6. that's the highest in seven months. although shanghai again trades lower even europe's pmi improves a touch in november. first up, we're one month away from the fiscal cliff and so far the white house and congressional republicans are still in disagreement over how to reduce the deficit and avoid a raft of tax hikes and spending cuts. yesterday our own jim cramer and maria bartiromo were on "meet the press" and cramer had a message for fellow panelists and father of the anti-tax pledge, grover norquist. >> most ceos are republican. they're on board. they're not on board with you. they're not on board with you because they fear your view. they think you do not favor going -- you favor going over the cliff. that's what they think. they think that you favor -- >> just for the record since we're on tv. that's silly if they think that they shouldn't be ceos. >> it doesn't really matter. that's what they think. >> i want you to walk me up to that moment. >> behind the record.
china. not bad. 50.6. that's the highest in seven months. although shanghai again trades lower even europe's pmi improves a touch in november. first up, we're one month away from the fiscal cliff and so far the white house and congressional republicans are still in disagreement over how to reduce the deficit and avoid a raft of tax hikes and spending cuts. yesterday our own jim cramer and maria bartiromo were on "meet the press" and cramer had a message for fellow panelists and father...
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china. china is huge for them and southeast asia. they're growing around the world. doesn't mean clear sailing. but it's a much healthier company than it was when it went into bankruptcy. >> michelle krk you tell me why buicks are so popular in china? >> it has a long history of strong image there. >> they're buicks. >> gm went in early. well, it's got a different image there. >> even tiger finally said i can't sell these things. >> any, appreciate it, michelle. thanks for trying to give me a straight answer. i'm sitting in the same chair i sit at in the morning. the big report on what happened in benghazi came out late last night and it seemed to go to great luns. >> they were mid level, right? >> yrks joe, they took the fall. from my information, i want to emphasize bend has been ongoing information. this state did and right now the people leaving the state department are victims of the government's need to cover up the larger story, that the security at the benghazi mission and it was a with the cia was about recruiting, arming, funding and transferring artists to
china. china is huge for them and southeast asia. they're growing around the world. doesn't mean clear sailing. but it's a much healthier company than it was when it went into bankruptcy. >> michelle krk you tell me why buicks are so popular in china? >> it has a long history of strong image there. >> they're buicks. >> gm went in early. well, it's got a different image there. >> even tiger finally said i can't sell these things. >> any, appreciate it,...